Beyond Climate Science
Eric J. Barron
The United States is moving rapidly into an age of climate-related decisions involving mitigation and adaptation, following decades of focusing on reducing uncertainties in attribution and prediction. But the nation lacks a deliberate approach to generating the "environmental intelligence" needed to support good decisions.
Eric J. Barron is director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
E-mail: barron{at}ucar.edu